Sticky Fingers' Doron Petersan makes all sorts of vegan treats. Two she hasn't quite perfected yet: eclairs and macaroons. [HuffPo] The former El Sol Mexican restaurant in Shaw is slated to become a tavern. [Prince of Petworth] Construction begins soon on Niall Cooper and Lindsey Morse’s BakeHouse shop at 14th and T Streets NW. Yes, [...]
Those of you looking to cleanse your arteries after last week's big barbecue bash known as D.C. Meat Week now have the perfect opportunity to do so: D.C. Meat-Free Week starts Monday. “Ideally, it’s a chance for non-vegans to come out and try really great vegan food and a chance for the restaurant community to [...]
D.C. cupcake makers just can't seem to escape the national spotlight. Last night, Sticky Fingers bakery (City Paper readers' pick for "D.C.'s Best Vegan Restaurant 2011") won Food Network’s Cupcake Wars All-Stars. If you were hungry to taste the victorious vegan treats, well, you're in luck. The Columbia Heights bakery will be selling the four [...]
The animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has named D.C.'s Sticky Fingers vegan bakery (City Paper readers' pick for "D.C.'s Best Vegan Restaurant 2011") as a finalist for its annual Libby Awards. "Libby," in this case, is apparently short for "liberation." The awards "honor animal-friendly people and products," according to a [...]
Quick hits on the meatless beat Nice Detective Work: Props to WaPo food editor Joe Yonan (and his tipster on Twitter) about ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen's fish sauced curries. What is seemingly a meatless option has been outed as otherwise, as Yonan confirms that fish sauce flavors both the red and green curries at Chipotle's entry into [...]
As local vegans and vegetarians converge upon the George Washington University campus for this year's VegFest, Erica Meier will be focusing her attention on folks who are still reluctant to join the rabbit food scene. Meier, the executive director of festival sponsor Compassion Over Killing, wants to attract the veg-curious. The meatless event has successfully [...]
Doron Petersan, proprietor of Sticky Fingers bakery (City Paper readers' pick for "D.C.'s Best Vegan Restaurant 2011"), piped up on Thursday to remind Y&H that Crunkcakes aren't the only liquor-laced cupcakes in town. Petersan points out that her crew nabbed a cool $10,000 by winning the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" this past spring with their [...]
Eating my way through your advice, an ambitious list of vegetarian sandwiches from 24 different restaurants. More Comments Come True. I witnessed the glory and gluttony that is a vegetarian who refuses to eat vegetables. I don't want a grilled cheese sandwich every time I crave a meatless sandwich. Sometimes, though, that is exactly what I want. While [...]
Sweet Victory: A local baked-goods emporium, Sticky Fingers in Columbia Heights, competed in a cupcake contest on a cable television reality show, won a big prize, and now it's time to write a book! This is how culinary celebrities are made. [Super Vegan; Eater D.C.] Muskrat Taste Test: Want to taste some rodent? Here's one [...]
"Grownups only cupcake" seems like an oxymoron, but not at Sticky Fingers, where one of our favorite beers, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, is used in a recipe. We were told that the Chocolate Stout cupcakes are adult-only because although most of the alcohol in the cake batter is baked out, the chocolate ganache frosting has beer [...]
